Naama Weingarten

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Naama Weingarten is a reporter with CBC News based in Toronto. You can reach her at naama.weingarten@cbc.ca or follow her on X @NaamaWeingarten.

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Toronto's old coach terminal to be turned into housing, plaza and health facility

The city announced the site’s fate on Thursday, revealing it will be turned into a mixed-used development that will include new housing, a paramedics hub and a public plaza.

Toronto shops report fewer online orders since Canada Post strike

With Black Friday less than two weeks away and no end in sight for the negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, small business owners in Toronto say they're seeing fewer online orders since the strike started.

City council votes for potential bike lanes on Parkside Drive

The proposed 1.9-kilometre, two-way cycle track on the west side of Parkside Drive would mean the number of car lanes would be reduced from two to three throughout that area.

Are you ready for it? Doors open for Taylor Swift's 1st Toronto show

Taylor Swift is playing her first of six sold-out Toronto shows at the Rogers Centre on Thursday, part of her record-breaking Eras Tour — the first tour in history to gross over $1 billion. 

Food bank use in Toronto breaks records — again

The number of visits to food banks in Toronto hit a new record once again, marking a continuation of a drastic rise in food bank use since the pandemic as Torontonians struggle keeping up with the rising cost of living.

Brampton bus service partially returns as city employees continue to strike

Buses have been off the road since Thursday, when 1,200 city employees from CUPE Local 831 walked off the job and started picketing outside Brampton Transit facilities after contract negotiations with the city failed to produce a new deal.

Toronto's 'waterfront city' project reaches new milestone

Waterfront Toronto removed the last pieces of the wall that once separated the mouth of the Don River and Lake Ontario, as a next step in a project that will see Toronto a new island that could become home to thousands of people.

Clocks turn back in Ontario on Sunday, as debate over time continues

Ontarians will see their clocks turn back by an hour this Sunday, as they switch back to standard time until the spring — a change that seems to spark the same debate every November. 

Toronto unveils plan for road maintenance this winter

Officials with the city are gearing up for winter by seeking more money for road maintenance, implementing new AI technology and making use of an amended bylaw to better prepare for major storms.

TTC board delays vote to ban e-bikes, e-scooters on transit

The TTC board decided to hold off on a vote to potentially ban e-bikes and e-scooters across Toronto's transit system during the winter season, after a host of issues in the proposed ban popped up at a meeting on Tuesday.